Naruto was able to stop Sakura and convince her to let him go back to his house to change back to his normal cloths so he wouldn't be running around in his pajamas. He got dressed and then was again dragged all the way to where they were going. When they finally stopped Naruto was sure Sakura had worn his shoes down and would have to get new ones, if he remembered that is.
"Grandma Tsunade, what was so important you had to call us at this hour of night?" Naruto asked before Sakura hit him on the head "She has an important mission for us so shut your mouth!" Sakura said shaking her fist and trying to calm down. "Does it have to do with getting Sasuke back, or maybe Akatsuki?" Naruto asked concerned "We aren't sure really, but we think it may. Here is your mission, during the past month disappearances have spiked around the boarder of rain and fire. We don't know who is making the attacks, it could be a member of Akatsuki or perhaps one of Orochimaru's pawns. All we know is the vague information of a survivor who reported that he was a tall black haired man and the most distinguished feature he had was red eyes. He told us that he had originally passed threw the boarder with around fifty people and he was the only survivor found." Tsunade told them in a very serious voice "Grandma, did you just say 'red eyes'?" Naruto asked remembering the dream "Yes." she replied confused "Naruto?" Sakura asked him "It's nothing, probably." Naruto said "This is a S class mission, good luck." Tsunade said dismissing them.
They followed Kakashi as he lead them off to their mission, and Sai was running next to Naruto thinking about what his books told him. 'When a friend seems to have negative reactions to certain words try to understand why they responded the way they did and see if they want to talk about it.' Alright lets try this. Sai thought "Naruto-Kun, I couldn't help but notice the way you reacted to the words 'red eyes'. Do you want to talk about it?" Sai asked "It was just a weird dream I had, that is all." Naruto told him. This one seems to work actually, I must keep this tactic in mind for the future. Sai thought happy that this time his attempts to be friendly didn't blow up in his face again.
They continued on for a while till they finally stopped to rest for the night, making a tent to sleep in. Kakashi had the first watch, although he seemed to red more then watch in Naruto's eyes, but he knew Kakashi was dependable. Naruto was woke up for his watch after a few hours, after having the same dream yet again but with another change. He then had his watch and most of the time he was thinking about the dream, this time he had claws in the dream perhaps it is just the Nine tails messing with me. Naruto thought as he realized his shift was almost done, he then went to wake up Sakura.
Naruto went back to sleep having the same night mare again but with another change that made him really wonder if it was the nine tails or not. He woke up later and joined everyone else before they went back to traveling. They traveled for a few hours till they made it to the sight they were to watch. "According to the reports the attacks were all at night, so we are going to have to wait till then to find out what has been happening." Kakashi told them "What?! Why wasn't I told about that?" Naruto asked "Because you took your time getting there. She just told you some of the more basic things about the mission to save herself the trouble of repeating everything." Kakashi told him.
Even though it would be hours till when the disappearances all happened they still were on the look out in case anyone suspicious came by or if any dangers presented themselves. Time seemed to pass by slowly as they watched people pass by from the shadows. No one knew they were even there though and to them that was considered a good thing as they continued to wait and watch. After a while it began to rain, which was normal considering how close they were to the land of rain, and made Naruto slightly aggravated from were he was getting drenched.
Soon night came and with it the rain seemed to stop leaving only fog in it wake. They all continued to watch as they looked for their target that they had been waiting all this time. After awhile Naruto saw something move in the dark, and not long after sharp red eyes that looked scary familiar to him. Naruto pointed it out to the others making sure not to make a noise, and they began to ambush it. The motionless man fit the description to a T "Sir, if you come quietly we can avoid unnecessary blood shed." Kakashi told him "Oh, but blood shed is just what I want. Lots and lots of it." The man said with a smile that could be seen even in the dark, foggy night.
Naruto saw something else though in his smile that the others paid no attention to, the two canines that were longer then a normal persons would be, Just like in my dream! Nauto thought in horror. He didn't let it get to him and they all went to attack. When they were in striking distance he vanished, entirely. They looked around, Kakashi using his sharingan and Sai using ink mice he drew, for the man that seemed to be a major threat to them all. The fog seemed to get thicker and thicker over time to the point they could no longer see in front of their own noses.
Soon Naruto heard something, it was a splashing noise then more and more. He was able to guess that he wasn't a shinobi or at least didn't know how to stand on water as he listened to the sound to find him. He waited till it seemed it was just in front of it and lunged at it only to find the thing he was hearing to be a animal not a man. Sai decided that he would try to find the man from the air, and after telling the others, he drew a bird and got on it's back as it took off. He had no luck the fog was thick and covered everywhere making it hard to see.
Kakashi summoned some dogs and tried to see if they could find the man, they caught a sent and he followed it till the dogs told him that it suddenly stopped. Sakura heard something and tried to find it only to realize she was alone with no idea where the others were. The others were in a similar boat with only Kakashi having a way to find the others with the use of dogs. Naruto began to get goose bumps as he was getting more unnerved by what was going on.
Naruto began to hear things of in the dark and began to follow the noises. Sakura lost the noise she had been following then heard a loud crashing sound, she went to where she heard it and found Sai covered in blood. SHe grabbed him and began administering first aid to heal his wounds, when he was in a good enough condition for the time she picked him up and looked for the others. Kakashi found himself like Sai and was having the dogs try to take him to the others. Naruto in the mean time was waiting as he looked around over and over, at this point completely unnerved. "Naruto, get out of here!" Naruto heard and knew it was the nine tails inside him Why what is going on?! Naruto asked it in his head "Just get out if you don't you will die! Get it?" the nine tail yelled at him Right because if I die you will right? That is the only reason you care isn't it? Naruto thought "If you live I will explain to you some other day but for now get out of here!" the nine tail commanded him. Naruto continued to run around till he bumped into something and fell over.
Sakura continued to carry Sai, who was now passed out, and found Kakashi, who was torn up like Sai was. She gave him first aid as well before looking for Naruto, who she was fearing maybe dead now. She looked al over till she tripped over something making her drop both Sai and Kakashi in front of where she fell. She rubbed her head as she heard a grown, she looked back to see Naruto in a worse situation then the other two. She was able to heal him and was able to find some thing to carry them all on before she heard something, and before she was able to turn around all the way she was attacked. When the man left, leaving her in a state like the others she used her remaining energy to try to pull the others out of there. She was able to get them to a nearby shack that appeared to be abandoned and took refuge there for the night.
When she got up she was still worn out and aching but she was able to finish pulling them the rest of the way to the village. There they were all taken to the hospital to have their wounds tended to, and Sakura was finally able to sleep like the rest.